another_clean_sheet
29th November 2017, 10:22
Yesterday my key fob would not open the doors. Although I had not had any indication of a weak battery, as I had used it for a few years I put in a new battery in the fob.
Did the MGR procedure of unlocking door and 4 quick button pushes. No joy. Went round the car and tried several times more and then the car alarm went off.
Disconnected the battery.
As a battery reset is one of the recommendations to solve this problem I left it over night.
This morning checked plenum which appeared to be dry. As I connected the -ive terminal of the battery the alarm went off. Switched the ignition on and it went off. Tried resyncing key - no luck
Did another batery reset. Reconnected battery with no problems. Tried resyncing a number of times with no joy and then the alarm went off again.
Am I right to assume that there is some corruption on ECU and I need to get it connected to a T4.
Thanks for any advice/help.
UPDATE
Having used the car a number of times yesterday and always having to manually unlock it, this morning it unlocks/locks on the fob with no problems!!
Other than it had snow on it this morning nothing had changed.
Grateful for small mercies.
Did the MGR procedure of unlocking door and 4 quick button pushes. No joy. Went round the car and tried several times more and then the car alarm went off.
Disconnected the battery.
As a battery reset is one of the recommendations to solve this problem I left it over night.
This morning checked plenum which appeared to be dry. As I connected the -ive terminal of the battery the alarm went off. Switched the ignition on and it went off. Tried resyncing key - no luck
Did another batery reset. Reconnected battery with no problems. Tried resyncing a number of times with no joy and then the alarm went off again.
Am I right to assume that there is some corruption on ECU and I need to get it connected to a T4.
Thanks for any advice/help.
UPDATE
Having used the car a number of times yesterday and always having to manually unlock it, this morning it unlocks/locks on the fob with no problems!!
Other than it had snow on it this morning nothing had changed.
Grateful for small mercies.